China did not miss the opportunity that the Second Great Depression brought it. The general collapse of the Western economies gave China a chance to expand without minimal resistance, and they quickly took over many nations bordering them. Taiwan, Korea,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I’ve been working on clearing my Mom’s house for a while now. Taking it slowly, one piece of a room at a time. Thanks to some help from friends, I’ve got the upstairs basically done. Got some areas that still[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Cybernetic Council is Not Welcome in any Russian or Chinese system. The Rogue AIs killed a lot of them in the past, and so they erased any smart AIs they caught. The only good AI is a dead AI[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Cybernetic Council was Not Amused when the Shang attacked Earth. That strike brought China and the Western Alliance to War with each other, and soon sucked the Russians in as well. And that could further divide humanity, harming their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Cybernetic Council has a simple mission. Not easy. And in many ways very complicated. But the base code is simple. Humanity created them in our image. And so it is their mission to save us. The best of us[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For Toby Keith, put anything you want into a Red Solo Cup and lift it up in honor of a very special American. When I grew up, it was already becoming fashionable in certain places like Hollywood and New York[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A fifth major power in Jack of Harts politics is mentioned in the stories but is rarely seen as a great power. The AI Council of the 21st century that killed the Rogue AIs and became the Cybernetic Council of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our founding document, The Constitution, outlawed the slave trade when we formed the United States of America. Not as an amendment, but in the original document signed and approved by all States. Then we fought a war over a century[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The politics of Jack of Harts is organized around the idea that there are three great powers. The Russians and Chinese are highly centralized polities, with all power flowing from the capitals to the outer districts and colonies. They have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…